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NOAA monthly U.S., global climate report call: February 17

February 14, 2022

Experts recap January and provide outlooks through May

January 2022 was Earth’s 6th warmest on record

February 14, 2022

Antarctic sea ice shrank to near-record low

2021 U.S. billion-dollar weather, climate disasters in historical context

February 9, 2022

Damage from Hurricane Ida to Grand Isle, Louisiana, on August 31, 2021.

What is the jet stream?

February 9, 2022

Average location of the Pacific and Polar Jet Streams and typical temperature and precipitation impacts during the winter over North America.

U.S. saw its coolest, driest January in 8 years

February 8, 2022

“Bomb cyclone” pummels Northeast, drought intensifies

NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery shows a powerful nor’easter pounding the eastern U.S. on January 29, 2022.

Study finds strong marine heatwaves in the Arctic

February 2, 2022

Two polar bears on a patch of Arctic ice

Six more weeks of winter? See how the groundhog scores against the climate record

February 2, 2022

This curious groundhog isn't Punxsutawney Phil, but they sure are cute.

When could you expect the coldest day of the year?

January 21, 2022

Snowy mountain with clouds

Story map: In Hot Water: Ocean Heat and Our Warming World

January 17, 2022

Sunset over the ocean.

2021 was world’s 6th-warmest year on record

January 13, 2022

Man (lower right) takes in the expansive view of the dry arable landscape near Debre Libanos Gorge in Ethiopia. April 2021 photo.

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